Perl is a well-liked web-oriented programming language, that is employed to make CGI scripts and many different apps. It's really useful since you don't need to create the same code time and again in order to get some task executed a couple of times, but you will be able to employ modules. They are pre-defined subroutines or sets of operations that can be called and executed within a script. That is to say, you're able to add just a reference to a particular module within your code rather than using the entire module code time and time again. This way, your script will be shorter, thus it will be executed faster, not mentioning that it will be much simpler to maintain and modify. If you would like to employ some third-party ready-made Perl script as an alternative to writing your own, it'll probably need certain modules to be present on the website hosting server.
Over 3400 Perl Modules in Cloud Hosting
All of our cloud hosting plans include over 3400 Perl modules which you can work with as a part of your CGI scripts or web-based applications. They include both popular and less popular ones, so as to offer you a choice regarding what features you'll be able to add to your sites. Several examples are Apache::SOAP, CGI::Session, GD, Image::Magick, URI, LWP and many others. The full list is available in the Server Information section of our in-house made Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, that is provided with all shared accounts. In the same place, you'll find the Perl version that we have along with the path to the modules that you will have to use inside your scripts so as to call a given module from the library.